Research Guides: A Guide to English Language and Literature: Articles

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Core Research Databases for English Language and Literature

MLA International Bibliography This link opens in a new window
Literature and linguistics Index to articles, books, and dissertations on modern languages, literatures, folklore, and linguistics.
Humanities International Complete This link opens in a new window
Includes citations and abstracts for articles, essays and reviews, as well as original creative works including poems and fiction; covers all aspects of the humanities, with worldwide content pertaining to literary, scholarly and creative thought.
JSTOR (1838-) This link opens in a new window
Back issues starting in 1838 Full text online access to back issues (starting in 1838) of selected scholarly journals in history, economics, political science, demography, mathematics, and other fields of the humanities and social sciences.
Literary Reference Center Plus This link opens in a new window
Summaries, criticism, literary journals, author biographies.
Short Story Index This link opens in a new window
This product's aim is to index all the important collections and anthologies of short stories that are published each year. All literary genres are covered.

Additonal Reasearch Databases for English Langauge and Literature

Broaden your search using relevant databases from this list. You may also wish to view the entire listing of Research Databases.

America: History and Life This link opens in a new window
U.S. and Canadian culture and history Index of literature covering the history and culture of the United States and Canada, from prehistory to the present.
American Periodicals Series Online, 1741-1900 This link opens in a new window
Historical periodicals & digitized page images of more than 1,100 historic American magazines, journals, and newspapers from 1741 to 1900.
Bibliography of Indigenous Peoples in North America This link opens in a new window
Native American Literature Bibliographic database covering all aspects of native North American culture, history, and life; contains citations for books, essays, journal articles, and government documents of the United States and Canada.
Film & Television Literature Index with Full Text This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive bibliographic and full text database; subject coverage includes film & television theory, production, cinematography, technical aspects, and reviews.
Gender Studies Database (1972-) This link opens in a new window
Feminist and gender writings Covers the full spectrum of gender-engaged scholarship inside and outside academia.
International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance with Full Text (1984-) This link opens in a new window
Full text of journal articles on all aspects of theater and performance, plus indexing for books, book articles and dissertation abstracts.
LGBTQ+ Source This link opens in a new window
LGBT-specific core periodicals, core books and reference works, with full text of historically significant LGBT journals, magazines and regional newspapers.
Gale Literary Index This link opens in a new window
Master index to the major literature products published by Gale. It combines and cross-references over 165,000 author names, including pseudonyms and variant names, and listings for over 215,000 titles into one source
MLA Directory of Periodicals This link opens in a new window
Periodical listing for MLA International Bibliogrphy List of periodicals in literature, language, linguistics, and folklore that are covered regularly in the MLA International Bibliography.
Past Masters This link opens in a new window
A full text, searchable database of complete editions or selections from classics in philosophy, political science, and economics.
Play Index This link opens in a new window
Index to more than 30,000 plays from antiquity to the present, published from 1949 to the present. Includes mysteries, pageants, plays in verse, puppet performances, radio and television plays, & classic drama.
Science Fiction and Fantasy Research Database (1878-) This link opens in a new window
Provides over 50,000 citations to historical articles, criticism, commentary, fan writings and some reviews relating to science fiction, fantasy, horror, supernatural and weird fiction.
Women's Studies International This link opens in a new window
Journals, newspapers, newsletters, bulletins, books, book chapters, proceedings, reports, theses, dissertations, NGO studies, Web sites & Web documents, and grey literature on the subject of women's studies.
Women Writers Online This link opens in a new window
Searchable database of American and English full text writings by women from 1400-1850.

Journals from the Library's Collection

Electronic Journal Center This link opens in a new window
A full text searchable database of electronic journal articles from more than 11,000 academic journals from top scholarly publishers, academic societies and university presses. The EJC covers a wide range of disciplines and contains just published scientific research as well as historical journal articles. New articles are added daily.

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A Guide to English Language and Literature

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Core Research Databases for English Language and Literature

Additonal Reasearch Databases for English Langauge and Literature

Journals from the Library's Collection